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Author
Shields, T. J. | Boyce, K. E. | Silcock, G. W. H. | Dunne, B.
Title
Impact of a Wheelchair Bound Evacuee on the Speed and Flow of Evacuees in a Stairway During an Uncontrolled Unannounced Evacuation.
Report
Chapter 8
Book or Conf
Evacuation From Fires. Volume 2. Chapter 8. Applied Fire Science in Transition Series, Baywood Publishing Co. Inc., Amityville, NY, DeCicco, P. R., Editors, 139-149 p., 2002
Keywords
evacuation | handicapped | stairways | people movement | occupants | evacuation time
Identifiers
unannounced evacuation teaching block 12; total numberof occupants of block 12 and numbers exiting via stairway S by floor level; summary of level G occupants' stairway choice, times to leave room, speeds of descent on stairs and total evacuation time; monitored individual times engaged in various evacuation activities